House Orders Missile and Submarine Build-Up Speeds
The House Appropriations Committee ordered a speedup in missile and antisubmarine warfare programs and recommended 38.31 billion in new defense cash for the next fiscal year. The panel approved 113.6 million more than the Defense Department requested and set totals by office and service for the coming year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Eisenhower
National Guard
Inter-Service
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
New
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Presbyterians Unite to Form United Presbyterian Church of the USA
Pittsburgh reports historic merger uniting United Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Church in the U S A to create a 3 million member body. Robed processions and sharing of the Lord's Supper crown the union, ending a 200 year old split rooted in Scotland. Combined churches total 9462.
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United Presbyterian Church of the
Us.a
United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Robert N. Montgomery
Bloomington
Inl
Scotland
Presbyterian Church In
Northern Presbyterians
United Presbyterians
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Alaska Bill To Meet Test
Alaska's push for statehood faces two House tests that could derail it. A preferential motion by Rep. Walter Rogers would send the bill back to Insular Affairs Committee, while opponents could seek a roll call to kill the bill as tentatively voted 144 to 107. Either move sidesteps further action this session.
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Washington
Alaska
House
Walter Rogers
D-Tex
House Insular Affairs Committee
Senate House Heat Water Project Bills Aim to Replace Vetoed Measure
Washington actions propose compromise water project bills introduced in both chambers to replace Eisenhower’s April veto. The House bill lists projects including Ohio River navigation at Gallipolis with a $66,000 allocation amid beach erosion work.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Tax Rate Awaiting House Approval Extension Pending
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee planned to approve another extension of corporation income and excise tax rates at current levels. This action would keep the existing rates in place for the coming year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gregory Bows Out of 1st District Congress
Noble J. Gregory leaves after 22 years in the 1st District. He neared seniority for the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Louisville
Noble J. Gregory
House
Ways and Means Committee
Weather West Virginia Cooler Temperatures Stay Across State
Weather update shows cooler temps this afternoon and tonight with clear skies and lows around 44 to 50. Thursday expected to be fair and cooler with highs near the mid 70s. Five day forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 4 degrees below normal near Lake Evie and scattered showers possible Friday or Saturday.
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West Virginia
Lake Evie
Federal Reserve sees signs of unemployment leveling off
The Federal Reserve Board reported in its bulletin that since February unemployment for four weeks or less has slightly declined, suggesting layoffs may be easing and seasonally adjusted unemployment could be leveling. April's figures show a ninth straight monthly rise in unemployment, with a rate of 7.42 percent, while long-term job seekers have more than doubled in 12 months. Non-farm employment fell more than in the 1948-49 and 1953-54 recessions.
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Washington
The
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Bulletin
Bodies Lie in State at Capitol for Unknown War Dead
Washington honors unnamed service members from World War II and Korea. The Navy destroyer carried their remains to the Capitol where they will lie in state until Memorial Day ceremonies.
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Washington
America
Korea
Capitol
Paris Warns Gals Against Big Bosom Look
Parisian designer Fernand Lafitte denounces the American movie star physique warning women not to imitate Jayne Mansfield Marilyn Monroe or Mamie Van Doren. He cites European taste and urges natural beauty and restraint in fashion. Lafitte, a former World War II underground figure, was traveling home after designing swimsuits.
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Hollywood
Paris
Jayne Mansfield
Marilyn Monroe
Mamie van Doren
Fernand Lafitte
America
Lafitte
Ohio traffic crews test road traction to reduce danger
Ohio Department of Highways workers will skid over state roads this summer to locate slick spots. A traction tester uses a trailer with special brakes to measure friction as water is sprayed ahead of the tires, guiding road roughing to improve safety in wet weather.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Highways
Skyways Created to Prevent Aircraft Collisions
The Civil Aeronautics Board established three transcontinental skyways to reduce the risk of midair collisions, signaling a major federal step in air traffic management.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Recall 400 in steel plant amid layoffs at U S Steel
Within the next 10 days 400 workers will be recalled to the National Tube Division of U S Steel Corp here. That still leaves 4500 of the normal work force of about 11 000 laid off, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
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Lorain
National Tube Division
U. S. Steel Corp
Eisenhower Signs Postal Rate Hikes and Wage Increases
President Eisenhower signed a bill boosting mail rates starting August 1. A 1 cent rise makes letters 4 cents, air mail 7 cents, and post cards 3 cents. The bill also provides pay hikes for about 520,000 postal workers and signals civil service raises for up to a million more.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wage Dispute Halts Cleveland Area Building Boom
A wage dispute idles about 5000 homes worth 100 million dollars and 20,000 workers across Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Lorain counties. The Home Builders Association and 600 contractors voted to halt residential construction, while 100,000 industrial workers may join later as union and employer negotiations resume next Monday.
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Cleveland
Home-Builders Assn. of
Greater Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Lake
Geauga
Lorain
Building Trades Employers Assn
BTEA
Navy Commissioning Galveston First Missile Warship
The Navy commissions its first missile warship, a cruiser carrying an atomic weapon capable of destroying unseen planes or ships beyond 65 miles. The Galveston goes into service 13 years after launching, sponsored by Mrs. Clark W. Thompson of Galveston wife of a Texas congressman.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Galveston
Clark W. Thompson
Texas
9Th Dist
Senate push to pass emergency jobless pay measure
The Senate moved toward approving a federal advance for a temporary extension of unemployment benefits after a landslide House vote and Eisenhower administration backing. The plan would add 13 weeks of aid, with repayment starting in 1963, while Kennedy sought a 16 week extension nationwide.
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Senate
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Voting Charges Spark Pickaway Probe In Ohio
The Pickaway County Board of Elections will expand a probe into vote buying and underage voting after a Tuesday hearing revealed testimony. Reporter James I. Smith II testified that Leslie Brown gave money to Ralph Collison before a May 6 primary precinct entry, which Brown and Collison denied. Lucille Dumm, a veteran precinct worker, said she and others knew vote buying occurred and discussed it. The board will now file a report to Secretary of State Ted W. Brown. Prosecutor Ray M. Davis did not say if charges will be filed.
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Circleville
Pickaway County
James I. Smith II
Smith
Circleville Herald
Fourth Ward
Leslie Brown
Ralph Collison
Lucille Dumm
Ted W. Brown
Brown
Ray M. Davis
Dayton Mother Faces Two Counts of First Degree Murder
Mrs Mary Margaret McFadden a 37 year old Dayton mother admitted stabbing to death two of her six children and was bound to Montgomery County grand jury on two counts of first degree murder denied bond. She signed a statement claiming the stabbings and said she planned to set fire to her home.
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Dayton
Mary Margaret McFadden
Montgomery County Grand Jury
Novelist Savage Dies at 35 in California
Santa Monica author Leslie H. Savage Jr. died Monday at age 35. He wrote 22 Western and historical novels several of which were adapted for film and TV.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Leslie H. Savage, Jr
20000 To Get Checks Late
About 20000 unemployed claimants in Ohio will face a one week delay in receiving their weekly benefits due to Memorial Day. The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation notes offices close on the holiday, but claimants can file for two weeks the following week and receive a double benefit check.
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Columbus
James Tichenor
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
Former Truman Aides Seek Probation Reduction
Former Truman administration officials T Lamar Cau dyle and Matthew J Connelly request probation or shorter sentences after being convicted in June 1956 by a U S District Court jury for conspiracy in an income tax case. They received two years in prison and $2500 fines each. The Supreme Court again refused to act on their appeals.
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ST. Louis
T. Lamar Caudle
Matthew J. Connelly
U.S. District Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Columbus youth fined under new anti-arrow law
Bruce D. Brown an 18 year old of Columbus was fined 25 dollars and costs after being convicted for shooting an arrow that blinded 5 year old Roger Counts. He was the first person convicted under the citys new anti arrow ordinance.
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Columbus
Bruce D. Brown
Roger Counts
Coty to Name Successor as De Gaulle Tension Rises
Paris reports Premier Pflimlin resigns after losing moderate support while President Coty seeks a new premier amid threats of unrest. De Gaulle awaits decision at his country home as Communist, Socialist and Christian unions mobilize protests.
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de Gaulle
Coty
Second Navy satellite falls short in Atlantic
Cape Canaveral reports the Navy's second basketball-sized satellite failed to reach orbit. Fired aloft by the Vanguard rocket, it flew 2000 miles then tumbled into the Atlantic about midnight. Engines fired, but trajectory lacked horizontal boost. fourth Vanguard failure in five tries.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Vanguard
John P. Hagen
Project Vanguard
Hagen
First Negro Graduates From Central High in Ark
Little Rock Central High School awarded a diploma to a Black student for the first time in an orderly commencement protected by 220 city police and federalized National Guardsmen. After the ceremony the troops left without incidents. Ernest Green, 16, said he was happy and planned to go to New York to celebrate.
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Little Rock
Ark
M— Central High School
Ernest Green
New York
United Auto Workers to Oppose Fisher Body Contract
UAW officials say they will recommend workers at the Fisher Body plant in Hamilton vote Thursday against extending the 1955 contract. The move targets the present agreement reached in 1955 and urges rejection of continuation.
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Hamilton
United Auto Workers
Fisher Body
Four youths linked to 17 Hamilton thefts
police report the arrests of four youths conclude seventeen burglaries in the city over two years. all four were referred to juvenile officials for action.
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Hamilton
Dionne Quintuplets Mark 24 Without Birthday Plans
The four surviving Dionne quintuplets reach age 24 today while family sources decline to reveal any birthday celebration plans. The sisters live apart and maintain a private schedule, keeping celebratory arrangements out of public view.
Paris Faces Political Crisis After De Gaulle Move
About 30 000 protesters marched in Paris to oppose De Gaulle amid a government shakeup. Pflimlin resigned after independents defected. Coty could name a new premier by evening, with Mollet a likely option if De Gaulle is not invited.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Pflimlin
Coty
de Gaulle
Guy Mollet
Mollet
24 Hour Vigil Keeps Unknown Soldier Guarded since 1937
Frances Leving reports Arlington’s Unknown Soldier tomb maintains a 24 hour vigil since 1937 with a 128 stride per minute cadence. A 3rd Infantry Regiment detail at Ft Myer mans the post, selecting soldiers from many units for the honor guard.
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Arlington National Cemetery
3Rd Infantry
Ft. Myer
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